Peoples Gas Building
Appearance
Peoples Gas Light and Coke Building | |
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Location | 122 S. Michigan Avenue (80 East Adams Street) Chicago, Illinois 60603 |
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Coordinates | 41°52′47.46″N 87°37′29.77″W / 41.8798500°N 87.6249361°W |
Built | 1911 |
Architect | Daniel Burnham & Company |
Architectural style | Beaux-Arts |
NRHP reference No. | 84000293[1] |
Added to NRHP | 1984 |
The Peoples Gas Building at 122 South Michigan Avenue on the corner of Adams Street in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois.
Description and history
[edit]The 265-foot (81 m) 21-story office building was built from 1910 to 1911 and was designed by D.H. Burnham & Company.[2]
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, and is also a contributing property for Chicago's Michigan Boulevard Historic District.
Since 1999 the building hosts National Louis University.[3]
Since November 5, 2012, the building's sixteenth floor has hosted the chancery of the Philippine Consulate General in Chicago.
Tenants
[edit]References
[edit]- Notes
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "Peoples Gas Company Building : 122 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Architecture Info". www.chicagoarchitecture.info. Archived from the original on 2010-06-20.
- ^ "History | National Louis University | Chicago, Illinois | Tampa, Florida".
- ^ The Axa Group/Axa Worldwide/North America/United States
External links
[edit]Media related to Peoples Gas Building at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Chicago
- Skyscraper office buildings in Chicago
- 1911 establishments in Illinois
- Office buildings completed in 1911
- Chicago school architecture in Illinois
- Chicago building and structure stubs
- Cook County, Illinois Registered Historic Place stubs